breakfast Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the first meal of the day (usually in the morning)
  2. verb eat an early morning meal
    • We breakfast at seven
  3. verb provide breakfast for

WordNet

Break"fast noun
Etymology
Break + fast.
Definitions
  1. The first meal in the day, or that which is eaten at the first meal.
    A sorry breakfast for my lord protector. Shak.
  2. A meal after fasting, or food in general.
    The wolves will get a breakfast by my death. Dryden.
Break"fast intransitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle breakfasted; present participle & verbal noun Breakfasting
Definitions
  1. To break one's fast in the morning; too eat the first meal in the day.
    First, sir, I read, and then I breakfast. Prior.
Break"fast transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To furnish with breakfast. Milton.

Webster 1913